קִרְיָה
qiryâh · kir-yaw'
building; a city
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7136 (קָרָה) in the sense of flooring, i.e.
building; a city
- building
- a city
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: city.
Letters
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › the head, the highest › the hand that works › to reveal, behold
What comes behind, the returning cycle of the head, the highest of the hand that works that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קִרְיָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
29 occurrences · 29 OT · 0 NT · 15 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- city9 · 29%
- the city6 · 19%
- of the city5 · 16%
- a city2 · 6%
- from the city1 · 3%
- there was not one city1 · 3%
- there was not a city1 · 3%
- even the city1 · 3%
- them the city1 · 3%
- so that the city1 · 3%
- thee, the city1 · 3%
- is a city1 · 3%
- out of the city1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.